Matthew 19:3

And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

In Context

2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

4But he replying, said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who created them from the beginning, created them male and female?

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It hath been said indeed, That whosoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:

Matthew 22:16And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God with veracity; and carest for no man, for thou regardest not the person of men:

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees coming to him, put a question to him, Is it lawful for a husband to put away his wife? tempting him.

Mark 12:15shall we pay, or shall we not pay it? but he, perceiving their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

John 8:6But this they said, trying to entrap him, that they might have ground of accusation against him. But Jesus stooping down, with his finger wrote on the ground.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:2-3

Christ Leaves Galilee and Enters Judea. 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. We have here an account of Christ's removal. Observe, 1. He left Galilee. There he had been brought up, and had spent the greatest part of his life in that remote despicable part of the country; it was only upon occasion of the feasts, that he came up to Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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